He barrels on, “Look, I know this is sudden, but I’m doing you a favor here. You always complain about being single and having no family of your own. Now you get to experience motherhood without having to find a man first. You should be thanking me.” Then he actually says, “I need to focus on my music career without distractions. Kids don’t belong in a recording studio environment. You have that stable accounting job and all that free time after five. It’s perfect.”

I finally manage to stammer, “Dan, you can’t just leave your children here.”